Community price on backpack.tf: 115–128 keys, last changed 2025-03-14 (1.5y ago). The live quote above, 133 keys, is 16% higher and last moved 11h ago. They are different measures: the quote is what traders and bots are asking and bidding on the classifieds right now, and it moves for thousands of items every day; the community price is a suggestion accepted by vote, which changes only when someone argues it should. A quote well away from the vote is usually a price that is about to be re-argued. Community prices from backpack.tf, read under an hour ago.
Steam Market asking price: $405.82 — the lowest of one listing for the Bubbling effect when we looked on 2026-09-01 01:36 UTC (5d ago). This is what a seller is asking, not what anything sold for. Steam pays out in Steam wallet funds, not cash, and Valve takes roughly 15% at the till — so asking prices there run well above the 133 keys, 5.44 ref shown above, which comes from the keys-and-metal market on backpack.tf. The two are different markets and are never blended. Steam lists the item as “Unusual Pencil Pusher”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
21 observations
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The key axis converts at today's rate. Prices are recorded in metal, so a line that is flat in keys followed the key rate rather than standing still.
Bubbling Pencil Pusher sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 21 observations, from 132 keys to 133 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
132 keys
97.1 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:34 UTC
132 keys
97.8 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:17 UTC
126 keys
103 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:03 UTC
120 keys
97.8 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:23 UTC
114 keys
93.2 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:25 UTC
131 keys
106 keys
10 DEC 2025 · 10:44 UTC
137 keys
103 keys
1 APR 2026 · 00:30 UTC
117 keys
64.5 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 00:31 UTC
136 keys
108 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 14:30 UTC
116 keys
74.1 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 06:29 UTC
114 keys
72.7 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
86.2 keys
75.0 keys
30 JUN 2026 · 05:12 UTC
113 keys
98.0 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 15:12 UTC
107 keys
92.8 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 14:44 UTC
107 keys
93.2 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
128 keys
111 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
133 keys
116 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
138 keys
120 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
139 keys
121 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
102 keys
88.3 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
133 keys
116 keys
Price history in numbers
21 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Bubbling Pencil Pusher's sell price ranged from 102 keys to 139 keys and is down 4.1% after 2 moves. Over a year it ranged from 86.2 keys to 139 keys (up 0.7%). Today's 133 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 86.2 keys (22 Jun 2026) and the highest 139 keys (10 Aug 2026). The price has moved 20 times since we began recording it — about once every 17 days.
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